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Events

Online Meeting with Dov S. Zakheim, Former US Undersecretary of Defense

Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Ulrich Klüh Former Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Experts (GCEE) and Founding Director of the Center for Sustainable Economic and Corporate Policy (SECP) at Darmstadt University Global Relations Summit 2024 Online Meeting with Vicente Hurtado Roa, Head of Unit at the European Commission CBAM, Energy and Green Taxation Unit "The 50th Anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation and the Changing Geopolitics of the East Mediterranean" Online Panel Meeting Dinner with Alexis Tsipras, Former Prime Minister of Greece Online Meeting with Rein Paulsen, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office of Emergencies and Resilience Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Mehmet Kemal Bozay, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs "The New Dynamics of the Global Defense Industry and Their Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Reflections" Panel Meeting Online Meeting with Dilek Aydın, Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) Representative to the European Union & BusinessEurope Permanent Delegate Dinner with Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)“Society, Economy, Politics and the Future in the Aftermath of the March 31 Local Elections” Panel Meeting Reflections on International Security After the 60th Munich Security Conference Online Panel Meeting Roundtable Meeting with Julie A. Eadeh, U.S. Consul General in Istanbul “Women in Diplomacy: Success Stories?” Panel Meeting Dinner with Prof. Ayşe Zarakol, Professor of International Relations at Cambridge University & Politics Fellow at Cambridge Emmanuel College GRF 16th General Assembly Global Relations Forum – German Marshall Fund (GMF) “Turkey – West Relations: Opportunities for Reset” Panel Meeting Roundtable Meeting with Kostas Fragogiannis, Deputy Foreign Minister in Charge of Economic Diplomacy of Greece Looking Ahead to 2024: The Turkish Economy in the Framework of Global Developments Panel Meeting GRF Communities New Years Meetup Online Meeting with John J. Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at University of Chicago Roundtable Meeting with Nacho Sánchez Amor, Member of the European Parliament and Turkey Rapporteur Online Meeting with Prof. Andrea Renda, Head of Research at CEPS "The Israel - Hamas War and the New Probable Balance in the Middle East" Panel Meeting "The Effects of Green Transformation on Turkey’s Industrial and Trade Policies" Panel Meeting & Reception GRF Communities Meetup Global Relations Forum - Ankara Policy Center Panel Meeting: "Countering Populist Movements: Addressing Current Political Trends"Global Relations Forum - Ankara Policy Center Panel Meeting: "Global South and West"Dinner with Sir Michael Moritz, Chairperson of Sequoia Capital Global Relations Forum - Bain & Company Joint Online Panel Meeting GRF-TSKB Joint Panel “Towards a Net Zero Future”Dinner with George Perkovich Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Vice President for Studies Online Meeting with Istanbul Economics Research & Consultancy General Manager Can Selçuki Global Relations Forum and Ankara Policy Center Panel Meeting Online Meeting with Istanbul Economics Research & Consultancy General Manager Can Selçuki GRF Izmir Economic Congress 100th Anniversary Meeting Roundtable Meeting with Jeffry L. Flake, United States Ambassador to Turkey Online Meeting with Hatice Evren, Global Business Functions Leader at Getir Global Relations Forum and Ankara Policy Center Panel Meeting on the “Latest Developments in South Caucasus”GRF’s 15th General Assembly Roundtable with Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs Roundtable Meeting with Ballard Partners Istanbul Office Managing Partner and CEO of Lamor Turkey Ambassador (R) Matthew Bryza Online Meeting with Dr. Chris Miller, Assistant Professor at Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy The Aspen Dialogue Rome Conference Online Meeting with Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department and CEO of New America Roundtable Meeting & Dinner for the 100th Anniversary of the Beginning of the Treaty of Lausanne Negotiations Roundtable Meeting with Giles Merritt, Founder of Friends of Europe Online Meeting with Ambassador Torbjörn Sohlström, Head of Sweden Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ EU Department GRF Diplomacy Seminars 2022 Program Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Jürgen Schulz, Ambassador of Germany to Turkey GRF Panel Meeting on the Economy: "Will the Global Storm Turn Into a Hurricane in Turkey?"Online Meeting with Ana Palacio, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain (F)Ankara Roundtable Meeting with Former Permanent Representative to NATO & GRF Vice-Chairman Ambassador (R) Ahmet Üzümcü and Former Permanent Representative to NATO Ambassador (R) Fatih Ceylan Global Relations Forum Board of Directors Visit to Anıtkabir Roundtable Meeting with Dorothée Schmid, Senior Research Fellow & Head of IFRI’s Turkey and Middle East Program Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Kemal Kirişci, Brookings Institute Nonresident Senior Fellow Dinner with Jacques Nasser, Former CEO and President of Ford Motor Company Institut du Bosphore - Global Relations Forum Online Panel Meeting Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Ufuk Akçiğit, Professor of Economics at University of Chicago Online Meeting with Prof. Helen Thompson, Professor of International Economy at University of Cambridge, Department of Politics and International Studies Online Meeting with İrit Lillian, Chargé d’Affaires of Israel to Turkey Online Meeting with Dr. Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)Turkey-West Relations Toward the Elections in Turkey and Afterwards Panel Meeting GRF’s 14th General Assembly GRF Panel on Artificial Intelligence Online Meeting with Prof. Mustafa Aydın, Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University and President of the International Relations Council of Turkey Current Developments in the Ukraine Crisis Panel Meeting Turkey’s Economy and Monetary Policy in 2022 Panel Meeting Online Meeting with Dr. Simon Quijano-Evans, Chief Economist at GEMCORP Capital Online Meeting with Ümit Şahin, Coordinator of Climate Change Studies and Senior Scholar at İstanbul Policy Center (IPM)Online Meeting with Prof. Yakın Ertürk, Former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Middle East Technical University Online Meeting with Dr. Beyza Ünal, Deputy Director of the International Security Programme at Chatham House Online Meeting with Aysu Uygur, Strategy Officer for Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Online Meeting with Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute Senior Fellow for East Asia Online Meeting with Prof. Lord Robert Skidelsky, Economist and Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick Online Meeting with Sir Michael Leigh, Former Director-General of Enlargement at the European Commission & Academic Director at Johns Hopkins University Online Meeting with Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO of Arçelik A.Ş.Online Meeting with Robin Alexander, Journalist and Writer for Die Welt and Welt am Sonntag Online Meeting with Ambassador Christian Berger, Head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt Roadmap for Turkey – EU Relations Online Panel Meeting Online Meeting with Mehmet Gün, Founding Partner of Gün+ Partners Law Firm Online Meeting with Serpil Timuray, CEO of Vodafone Europe Cluster and Member of Vodafone Group Executive Committee Online Meeting with Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs Online Meeting with Sir Peter Westmacott, Former Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Turkey GRF’s 13th General Assembly Online Meeting with Dr. Stewart M. Patrick, CFR Director of the Program on International Institutions & Global Governance Online Meeting with Dov S. Zakheim, Former US Undersecretary of Defense Online Meeting with Murat Emirdağ, CEO of Hepsiburada Online Meeting with Dr. Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center "New Perspectives on Diplomacy" Panel Meeting Online Meeting with Prof. Ayşegül Kibaroğlu, Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at MEF University Online Meeting with Prof. Erdal Arıkan, Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bilkent University Online Meeting with Dr. Nora Fisher Onar, Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of San Francisco Online Meeting with Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies Online Meeting with Dr. Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali Online Meeting with Dr. Betül Kaçar, Director of NASA Astrobiology Research Center and Assistant Professor of Astrobiology at the University of Arizona Online Meeting with H.E. Micheline Calmy-Rey, Former President of the Swiss Confederation and Former Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Online Meeting with Dr. Susan Lund, Partner at McKinsey & Company (Washington) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) Advisory Board Member Online Meeting with Dr. Melsa Ararat, Professor of Corporate Governance and Turkey Director of the Corporate Governance Forum at Sabancı University Online Meeting with Sir Dominick Chilcott, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Turkey Online Meeting with Canan Dağdeviren, MIT Media Lab Conformable Decoders Research Group Director and Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows Online Meeting with Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, Head of the European Union (EU) Turkey Delegation Online Meeting with Prof. Mustafa Aydın, Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University and President of the International Relations Council of Turkey Online Meeting with Burcu Tuzcu Ersin, LL.M, Partner at Moroğlu Arseven Online Meeting with Professor Joseph Nye, Emeritus and Former Dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Online Meeting with Dr. Demir Murat Seyrek, Senior Policy Advisor for European Foundation for Democracy Online Meeting with Ambassador Sedat Önal, Deputy Minister at the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs Online Meeting with Samir Saran, President of Observer Research Foundation (ORF)Online Meeting with Prof. Murat Akova, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology at Hacettepe University School of Medicine Online Meeting with Dr. Victor Fung, Group Chairman of Li & Fung Group of Companies Online Meeting with Doğan Taşkent, Atabay Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals Inc. Lead on R&D and Innovation Online Meeting with Dame Silvia Cartwright, Former Governor-General of New Zealand Online Meeting with Dr. Öz Yılmaz, Founder of Anatolian Geophysical and CTO of GeoTomo Online Meeting with Prof. Philip Seib, University of Southern California Professor of Journalism and Public Diplomacy GRF Special Report Launch Meeting: "The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Trends: Globalization, Employment and Environmental Policies"Online Meeting with EBRD (European Bank of Reconstruction and Development) Managing Director for Turkey Arvid Tuerkner and EBRD Lead Regional Economist Roger Kelly Online Meeting with Ambassador Jonathan Tow, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore Online Meeting with Prof. Hakan Kara, Former Chief Economist of the Turkish Central Bank Online Meeting with Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister of Sweden Online Meeting with Michael Spindelegger, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria and Director General of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)Online Meeting with Thomas de Waal, Senior Researcher at Carnegie Europe Online Meeting with Fyodor Lukyanov, President of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP) & Editor-in-Chief of “Russia in Global Affairs”Online Meeting with Mr. George E. Pataki, Former Governor of New York Online Meeting with Prof. Serhat Ünal, Hacettepe University Head of Department for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology & Member of the Coronavirus Scientific Board Online Meeting with Rear Admiral (R) Cem Gürdeniz, Founding Director of the Koç University Maritime Forum Online Meeting with Ambassador Christian Berger Head of the European Union (EU) Turkey Delegation Online Meeting with Dr. Daniel Gros, Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)Online Meeting with Şant Manukyan, International Capital Markets Manager at İş Yatırım Online Meeting with Howard Chase, Senior Director of Government Affairs for Dow Europe, Middle East, Africa and India Online Meeting with Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute Online Meeting with Prof. Paul Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School Online Meeting with Auguste Tano Kouamé, World Bank Country Director for Turkey Online Meeting with Mr. Can Kendi, Country Director of McKinsey & Company Turkey and GRF Corporate Member Online Meeting with Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)Online Meeting with Mr. Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist for Financial Times Online Meeting with Mr. George A. Papandreou, Former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Online Meeting with Prof. Erinç Yeldan, Dean of Bilkent University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences and Columnist for Cumhuriyet Online Meeting with Mr. Giovanni Bisignani, CEO (F) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and President (F) of the Association of European Airlines Online Meeting with Ambassador Anthony Gardner, Former Permanent Representative of the US to the EU Online Meeting with Mr. Ersin Özince, Chairman of the Industrial Development Bank of Turkey (TSKB)Online Meeting with Mr. Gerald Knaus, Founding President of the European Stability Initiative (ESI)Online Meeting with Mr. Murat Yetkin, Editor-in-Chief of Yetkin Report Online Meeting with Mr. Giles Merritt, Founder and Secretary General of Friends of Europe GRF Membership Survey Evaluation Meetings with Mr. Bekir Ağırdır, Director of KONDA Research and Consultancy Ceremony and Dinner for Ambassador (R) Mustafa Akşin’s GRF Honorary Membership Award Roundtable Meeting with Mr. Andrew Clarke, Executive Counsel for Exxon Mobil Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Mustafa Aydın, Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University and President of the International Relations Council of Turkey Roundtable Meeting with Dr. Cansu Canca, Founding Director of AI Ethics Lab in Boston Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Dr. Johannes Wimmer, Ambassador of Austria to Turkey Roundtable Meeting with Dr. Ezgi Uzun, Lecturer at Sabancı University GRF’s 12th General Assembly Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Fatma Ulucan Özkul, Lecturer at Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences and Çağla Gül Şenkardeş, CEO of MenaPay GRF Automation, the Evolution of Labor Markets, the Sustainability of Social Stability Special Report Launch Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Erdoğan İşcan, Committee Member of the United Nations Committee Against Torture Dinner with Mr. Andrew McAfee, Principal Research Scientist at MIT and Co-Founding Director of ‘MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy’ at the Sloan School of Management Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Wendy Hinton, Ambassador of New Zealand to Turkey, Israel and Jordan Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Farukh Amil, Former Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN in Geneva Roundtable Meeting with Ret. General Abidin Ünal, Former Commander of the Turkish Air Force Roundtable Meeting with Ms. Elif Özmenek Çarmıklı, Lecturer at Bahçeşehir University and Migration Expert Roundtable Meeting with Sir Dominick Chilcott, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Turkey Roundtable Meeting with Dr. Sıtkı Egeli, Asst. Professor of Political Science and International Relations at İzmir University of Economics Roundtable Meeting with Dr. Hüseyin Sami Karaca, Vice-Chairman of Boğaziçi Üniversity Department of Business Administration and Founding Director of Boğaziçi Center of Analytics and Insights (AIM)Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (F) and Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (F)Roundtable Meeting with Dr. Nimrod Goren, Founder and Head of The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies (Mitvim) and Mr. Gabriel Mitchell, Research Fellow at Mitvim Dinner with Mr. Larry Kramer, President of William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Dean of Stanford Law School (F)GRF Middle East and North Africa Task Force Report Launch Roundtable Meeting with Mr. Memduh Karakullukçu, Vice-Chairman and President of GRF Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Üstün Ergüder, Chairman of the Executive Board at Education Reform Initiative (ERI)GRF Global Trade and Turkey in the 21st Century Task Force Report Ankara Launch Roundtable Meeting with Mr. Tayfun Bayazıt, Founder & President of Bayazıt Management and Consulting Services Roundtable with H.E. Ambassador Rakesh Sood, Former Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of India on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues and Former Ambassador to Afghanistan, Nepal and France GRF and European Leadership Network (ELN) Meeting of the “Task Force on Cooperation in Greater Europe” on Cyber, Space and LAWS Roundtable Meeting with Sir Adam Thomson, Director of the European Leadership Network (ELN)Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Christian Berger, Head of the European Union (EU) Turkey Delegation Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Yaşar Yakış, Minister of Foreign Affairs (F) and Ambassador Roundtable with Prof. Paul Collier, Director of the Research Development Department of the World Bank (F) and Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Former Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)Roundtable with Ambassador Faruk Kaymakçı, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Mustafa Aydın, Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University and President of the International Relations Council of Turkey GRF Global Trade and Turkey in the 21st Century Task Force Report Launch Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Feride Acar, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Administration at METU and President of the Group of Experts on Action Against Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)Ceremony and Dinner for Mr. Sami Kohen’s GRF Honorary Membership Award GRF’s 11th General Assembly Roundtable Meeting with Sir David Logan, Ambassador (F) of the United Kingdom to Ankara Luncheon with Mr. Nick Butler, Founding Chairman of the King’s College Policy Institute, Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister (F) and FT Energy Commentator Roundtable Meeting with Mr. Agah Uğur, Former CEO of Borusan Group Roundtable Meeting with Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Abzal Saparbekuly, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Sergei Guriev, Chief Economist at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)Roundtable Meeting with Ms. Zübeyde Arslanoğlu, Ministry of Industry and Technology Head of Department for the Directorate General for R&D Incentives Roundtable Meeting with Mr. Ettore Greco, Executive Vice-President of Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Meliha Altunışık, Professor of International Relations at Middle East Technical University Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Rawi Abdelal, Director of Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Professor of International Management at Harvard University Dinner with Dr. Josef Ackermann, CEO of Deutsche Bank (F)Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Economics at NYU Stern School of Business Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Erol Taymaz, Professor of Economics at the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ)Roundtable Meeting with Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, UK Climate and Energy Security Envoy (F) and UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change (F)Roundtable Meeting with Dr. Amanda Sloat and Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller, Robert Bosch Senior Fellows at the Brookings Institution Roundtable Meeting with Mr. Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Executive Editor of Foreign Affairs Magazine Roundtable with Ms. Anne McElvoy, Senior Editor of The Economist and Head of The Economist Radio Dinner with Dr. Andrew Hamilton, President of New York University (NYU)Roundtable Meeting with Dr. Bastian Giegerich, Director of Defense and Military Analysis at IISS Roundtable Meeting with Mr. Cem Mansur, Conductor and Musical Director of the Turkish National Youth Philharmonic Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Burak Saltoğlu, Professor of Economics at Boğaziçi University GRF Community Graduation Dinner Luncheon with Ambassador-at-Large Bilahari Kausikan, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore (F)Roundtable Meeting with Mr. Vahit Erdem, Founder & First Undersecretary of the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (F)Dinner with Mrs. Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of Areva (F), Board Member of Koç Holding, Rio Tinto & American Express Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Tacan Ildem, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy at NATO Roundtable Meeting with Ms. Ana Palacio, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain (F)Roundtable with Sir Peter Westmacott, Former Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Turkey Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Martin Erdmann, Ambassador of Germany to Turkey Ceremony & Dinner for Ambassador İlter Türkmen’s GRF Honorary Membership Award Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Sergei Guriev, Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)Roundtable Meeting with Akio Miyajima, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Turkey Roundtable Meeting with Dr. Léopold Demiddeleer, Founding Director of TechBridgeOne, Executive Board Member (R) of the European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA) and Director of Future Businesses at Solvay Group Roundtable Meeting with Prof. Lanxin Xiang, Director of One Belt One Road Studies at the China National Institute for SCO International Exchange and Cooperation Roundtable with Prof. Güven Sak, Director of Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) and Professor of Economics GRF’s 10th General Assembly Dinner with H.E. Heinz Fischer, President of Austria (F)Roundtable with Prof. Carmine Difiglio, Director of Sabancı University’s Istanbul International Centre for Energy and Climate Roundtable with Ambassador (R) Ali Bilge Cankorel, Turkish Ambassador to Kiev (F)Roundtable with Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)Dinner with Dr. Faruk Özlü, Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Roundtable with Ambassador Ahmet Bülent Meriç, Turkish Ambassador to Tokyo (F)Luncheon with Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Board Member of Saudi Aramco, Chairman (F) of Royal Dutch Shell and the Anglo American PLC Roundtable with Mr. Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies Roundtable with Dr. Yasemin Biro Kirtman, Knowledge Management Coordinator at the Global Environment Facility (GEF)Roundtable with Ambassador (R) Ertuğrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Roundtable with Ambassador (R) Carlos Trezza, Ambassador for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (F), Chairman of the Missile Technology Control Regime (F)Roundtable with Ambassador Lars Wahlund Swedish Ambassador to Turkey Roundtable with Dr. Bobo Lo, Independent Analyst and Head of the Russia and Eurasia Program (F) at Chatham House Roundtable with Mr. Jan Nahum, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hexagon Consulting and Hexagon Solid Waste Roundtable with Dr. André Sapir, Senior Fellow at Bruegel Roundtable with Ambassador Luigi Mattiolo, Italian Ambassador to Turkey Working Lunch with President of the European Commission (F); Prime Minister of Portugal (F); Non-Executive Chairman of Goldman Sachs International Mr. José Manuel Barroso Dinner with Dr. Steven Chu, US Secretary of Energy (F) and Nobel Laureate in Physics Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Technology Development Foundation of Turkey and Executive Board Member of Vestel Ventures, Mr. Cengiz Ultav Roundtable with Ambassador İsmail Aramaz, NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan (F)GRF Roundtable Series on “Higher Education”, Guest Speaker: Prof. İsmail Tosun, Vice President (F) of the Council on Higher Education (YÖK)GRF Roundtable Series on Security Guest Speaker: Mr. Shai Cohen, Consul General of Israel to Istanbul Roundtable with Mr. Ahmet Bozer Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company (F)Working Dinner with Ms. Selin Sayek Böke, CHP Deputy Chair in Charge of Economic Policies and MP Roundtable with Ambassador Charles Fries, French Ambassador to Turkey Roundtable with Ambassador Eitan Na’eh, Ambassador of the State of Israel to Turkey Roundtable with Dr. Nihat Ali Özcan, Security and Foreign Policy Expert, Columnist at the Milliyet Daily GRF Roundtable Series on “Higher Education” Guest Speaker: Prof. Gökhan Çetinsaya Former President of the Council on Higher Education (YÖK)Roundtable Meeting with Dr. Tong Zhao, Nuclear Policy Fellow at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy GRF International Task Force on the Future of the Nuclear Deal with Iran Second Meeting Dinner with Mr. Naci Ağbal, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Turkey Roundtable with Ambassador Mithat Rende, former Permanent Representative of Turkey to the OECD and former Chairman of the OECD Executive Committee Roundtable with Ms. Ceren Yazgan, Deputy Director General for Security and Intelligence at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs GRF’s 9th General Assembly and Dinner Guest Speaker: Minister of Interior of the Turkish Republic, Mr. Süleyman Soylu Luncheon with Sir Jeremy Greenstock Former Special Representative of the UK to Iraq Roundtable with Anthony Bubalo, Deputy Director and Research Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy Roundtable with Prof. Kemal Gürüz, Former President of the Council on Higher Education (YÖK)Roundtable with Dr. Metin Gürcan, Security Expert and Columnist Roundtable with Prof. Mustafa Kibaroğlu, Chair of Department of Political Science & International Relations at MEF University Roundtable with Mr.Emile Hokayem, Senior Fellow for Middle East Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)Roundtable with Mr. Adnan Bali, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Isbank Dinner with Mr.Staffan de Mistura, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria Dinner with H.E. Mustafa Akıncı, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus GRF International Task Force on the Future of the Nuclear Deal with Iran First Meeting Dinner with Sir Peter Westmacott, Former Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Turkey Roundtable Meeting with Ambassador Rakesh Sood, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister (SEPM) for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues, and Ambassador (F) of India to Afghanistan, Nepal and France Panel Session on “Iran, the Nuclear Agenda and the Region’s Future” Speakers: Dr. Nasser Hadian-Jazy, Prof. Steven E. Miller, Amb. Rakesh Sood Roundtable with Ambassador Hansjörg Haber, Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Roundtable with Dr. Nelly Lahoud, IISS Middle East Senior Fellow for Political Islamism Luncheon with Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (F)Mr. Feyyaz Berker Was Presented with the GRF Honorary Membership Award Roundtable with Mr. Thomas De Waal, Carnegie Europe Senior Associate GRF Roundtable Series on “Higher Education” Prof. Hasan Mandal, Council on Higher Education (YÖK) Executive Board Member GRF Roundtable Series on “Higher Education” Guest Speaker: Dr. John Smith, Senior Adviser and Former Deputy Secretary General, European University Association (EUA)6th Turkey - India Forum Panel session with; Chairperson (F) of the European University Association, Prof. Maria Helena Nazaré Rector of the Westphalian Wilhelms (Münster) University, Prof. Ursula Nelles Vice-Chairwoman of Finnish Council of University Rectors, Prof. Krista Varan GRF – ISD Regional Security Conference GRF 8th General Assembly Roundtable with Dr. Thanos Dokos Director of the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)Roundtable with Mr. Durmuş Yılmaz, Former Senior Adviser to the President of the Turkish Republic and Former Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey Roundtable with Mr. Damien Levie Head of the Trade and Agriculture Section of the EU Delegation to the United States 5th India – Turkey Forum Panel Session with Council of Councils (CoC) Presidents and Dinner with H.E. Ali Babacan, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Economy Council of Councils Eighth Regional Meeting GRF - Club of Three “Working Session on Europe and Turkey”Roundtable with Amb. Namık Tan, Former Ambassador of Turkey to the United States Security Task Force Report Launch Roundtable with Ambassador (R) Ertuğrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine GRF-CFR-Columbia University Joint Workshop on “Oil Price Fluctuations, World Economy and the G-20 Energy Agenda”GRF Roundtable Series on “Rule of Law, Institutions and Development” Guest Speaker: Prof. Sami Selçuk Honorary Chairman of the Supreme Court of Appeals Roundtable with Mr.Damien Levie, Head of the Trade and Agriculture Section of the EU Delegation to the United States GRF’s 7th General Assembly and Dinner, Guest Speaker: 11th President of the Turkish Republic H.E. Abdullah Gül Dinner with the Delegation Headed by Hon. Tim Groser, New Zealand’s Minister of Trade GRF - ISD “Club of Three Plenary Meeting on Turkey and its Neighbours”Ceremony & Dinner for Mr. Jak Kamhi’s GRF Honorary Membership Award Guest Speaker: H.E. Hikmet Çetin, Former Speaker of TBMM and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ceremony & Dinner for Mr. Jak Kamhi’s GRF Honorary Membership Award GRF-Carnegie Moscow Center “Turkish-Russian Relations” Track-II Report Launch GRF-Carnegie Moscow Center“ Turkish-Russian Relations” Track-II Report Launch, İstanbul Luncheon with Denmark Network Group Roundtable with George Washington University Delegation headed by Hon. Mark R. Kennedy, Former Member of the US House of Rep.GRF-American Academy of Arts and Sciences Joint Roundtable Meeting Dinner with Mr. Michael R. Bloomberg 108th Mayor of New York City Roundtable with Amnesty International Delegation headed by Mr. Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International Dinner with Vice-President of Brookings Institution and Former Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey (canceled due to the Soma mine disaster)Roundtable with Dr. Thomas Gomart, Vice President for Strategic Development and Director of the Russia/NIS Centre at Ifri Dinner with Mr. Ege Cansen, Economics Columnist "2014-2015: Turkey-Australia Collaborating in the G-20 Troika" Meeting GRF “Global Trade and Turkey in the 21st Century” Task Force Meeting GRF Energy and Climate Change Task Force Report Launch Roundtable and Luncheon with Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Delegation Working Meeting on “Turkish-Russian Relations” with RIAC Lunch Discussion with The University of Nebraska Delegation GRF Anniversary Dinner with Mr. Sandy Weill Chairman (F) of Citigroup Council of Councils Inaugural Conference GRF Human Capital Roundtable Series “Democracy, Education and Religion”GRF General Assembly Turkey-USA Relations Task Force Report Launch Visit by UK Parliamentarians Mr. Richard Ottaway, MP for Croydon South; Mr. Mike Gapes, MP for Ilford South; Mr. Andrew Rosindell, MP for Romford; Mr. Frank Roy, MP for Motherwell and Wishaw; Mr. Rory Stewart, MP for Penrith and The Border; Mr. Dav Luncheon with UN Secretary General’s Special Representative For Iraq and Head of UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Mr. Ad Melkert Visit by the US Ambassador H.E. Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. and Consul General Mr. Scott Kilner GRF General Assembly Council of Ideas "Where Does Turkey’s Democratization Process Stand in Relation to the Norms of Liberal Democracy?"Luncheon with Rt. Hon. Kevin Rudd Minister of Foreign Affairs and Former Prime Minister of Australia Dinner with The Honourable Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey Dinner with the Hon. Madeleine K. Albright Former U.S. Secretary of State; Principal, The Albright Group LLC Roundtable with Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada (F)Transatlantic Approach to the Mediterranean Round Table Meeting Policy of Zero Problems with Neighbors: A Fresh Strategy?GRF Anniversary Dinner 2010 “Turkey, USA and the Middle East”-Round Table Meeting Climate Solutions Round Table Meeting "The Evolving World Order"Turkish-American Alliance in an Obama Era: "Potential Fault Lines and How to Avoid Them"“Turkey - Transition to a Nuclear State?” – Round Table Meeting "Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century"GRF Second General Assembly “The Emerging Dynamics of the Globalized World in the 21st Century and Turkey”GRF Council of Ideas "Where Does Turkey’s Democratization Process Stand in Relation to the Norms of Liberal Democracy?"Visit by Peggy Dulany, Chair of the Synergos Institute “Russian Energy Politics and Their Implications for Turkey”- Round Table Meeting Visit by the President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States Craig Kennedy together with the Director of the GMF Ankara Office Working Dinner with ICC Chairman Victor Fung and William Fung Visit by the US Ambassador H.E. James F. Jeffrey and Consul General Sharon Anderholm Wiener Visit by the Korean Ambassador H.E. Jae-Hyun Bae Visit by the German Ambassador H.E. Eckart Cuntz and Consul General Mrs. Brita Wagener Visit by the Spanish Ambassador H.E. Joan Clos GRF First General Assembly Meeting with President of the Brookings Institution, Mr. Strobe Talbot

Online Meeting with
Dov S. Zakheim,
Former US Undersecretary of Defense
June 10, 2021

On June 10, 2021, Dov S. Zakheim, Former US Undersecretary of Defense, addressed GRF and GRF Community members at an online meeting. In his speech examining the US’ regional Middle East policies in the new era, Mr. Zakheim constrasted the Biden administration’s approach to Russia and the Middle East with those of previous administrations. Mr. Zakheim stated that although the US will continue to pivot towards China in the coming years, it will still need regional partners in the Middle East to combat Russia’s influence. Following his speech, Mr. Zakheim answered the participants’ questions.

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